Event

Martin Rising: Requiem for a King

Saturday, February 23, 2019
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Petty Auditorium

Local teens perform a theatrical adaptation of an Andrea Davis Pinkney book based on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s final campaign for justice in Memphis, TN.

This production is in partnership with the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center and Northlight Theatre, and is supported by the Skokie Community Foundation.

The production will also be performed at the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center at 2 pm on Sunday, February 24, with a special guest appearance by author Andrea Davis Pinkney. Tickets for the February 24 performance are free with museum admission. Author Andrea Davis Pinkney will speak to the audience directly following the performance and sign books.